Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Happy as a Clam at High Tide.

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Happy as a King.

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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.


Happy as a Clam at High Tide.

The clam is a bivalve mollusc, dug from its bed of sand only at low tide; at high tide it is quite safe from molestation. (See CLOSE AS A CLAM.)	1

Happy Valley,

Happy as a King.

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